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theswprincess.bsky.social
"I want people to be safe and protected. I want to live on the right side of history. I am an immigrant. My parents are refugees from Chile. We fled a dictatorship and I was privileged enough to grow up in the United States after asylum in Denmark. I stand by those protections, always."
May 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
busyragespiral.bsky.social
I liked this guy better when he was just simping for his wife, Betty Boop.
sawyerhackett.bsky.social Sawyer Hackett @sawyerhackett.bsky.social · May 16
Democrats destroyed our credibility by propping up Joe Biden—and we won’t fix that by burying our heads in the sand…again.

And I don’t give a shit if you don’t think it’s helpful.
May 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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rodger.bsky.social
thinking once again about The Most Wrong Tweet Ever
Tweet from Casey Neistat: If you could be born at any time in history, when would it be? for me 1900; fight in WW1, roaring 20s, great depression, fight in WW2, then experience the 50s + 60s in my 50s and 60s, enjoy my twilight years with the modern conveniences of the 70s and die in the 80s before all this internet bullshit begins.
May 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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fleerultra.bsky.social
it's absolutely wild that the solicitor general is out here saying you'll likely never be able to have a universal rule of citizenship if they win, and they might nonetheless win
May 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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The federal government is attempting a radical, massive expansion of what constitutes "wiretapping" that threatens everyone working in media/as a journalist today and I hope you'll read this and share it with everyone you know.

I'm not just fighting this for me. I'm fighting it for everyone.
Advisory to Journalists: The Dangerous Expansion of the Federal Wiretap Law Journalists, podcasters, and digital media professionals beware: the U.S. government is currently advancing a legal theory under 18 U.S.C. § 2511—the federal wiretap statute—that threatens to criminalize the mere act of downloading publicly available videos or listening to podcasts. This interpretation risks not only chilling investigative journalism but undermines the very foundation of freedom of the press. The federal wiretap law makes it a felony to intentionally “intercept”—that is, acquire the contents of—a “wire communication” unless you are a party to the communication or a party has given prior consent. Under 18 U.S.C. § 2510(1), a "wire communication" includes any transfer containing the human voice that travels at any point by wire or cable. Originally meant to prevent unlawful phone taps in 1968, the statute has not meaningfully evolved to reflect digital media distribution in the 21st century. As a result, many core journalistic practices today—listening to audio on a video stream, downloading a podcast, reviewing livestreamed footage—can be construed as “intercepting” a wire communication. And unlike “oral communications” (which are only protected if private) or “electronic communications” (which are exempt if publicly accessible), wire communications have no similar public-access defense. This leaves journalists legally vulnerable for accessing material that is otherwise freely available to the public. This is not just a theoretical risk. In Tampa, Florida, the U.S. Department of Justice is actively prosecuting my client, journalist Timothy Burke for allegedly violating the wiretap statute by downloading publicly accessible livestreamed interviews from a video server. The journalist used only a URL—no password, no hack, no deception. The government claims that because the streams included the human voice and were transmitted in part by wire or cable, they are “wire communications”. Under this interpretation, even if the stream was intended for public consumption, and even if no reasonable expectation of privacy existed, the act of acquiring and publishing the content becomes a federal felony. The government also asserts that the same communications are also “electronic communications,” where the law makes it clear that it is not a violation if the electronic communication is obtained from a server that is configured so that the communication is “readily accessible to the general public” -- however, the government has argued (and the court has agreed) that whether or not the communication was obtained from a publicly accessible server is a fact question that the journalist must prove at trial - not an element of the offense that the government must prove. This means that a journalist that obtains public information may still be subject to search, seizure, arrest, indictment and prosecution. The implications for the First Amendment are chilling. Under the government’s interpretation of interception of “wire communications”, the government could prosecute journalists based not on their methods, but on the content they choose to listen to or report on. The wiretap law also criminalizes the disclosure of the contents of a wire communication. Thus, quoting from a podcast or a leaked livestream could subject a reporter to criminal liability regardless of intent, public interest, or harm. This is a dangerous expansion of government authority. It converts the passive act of receiving a communication—something essential to journalism—into a criminal offense based solely on outdated statutory definitions and prosecutorial discretion. The broader issue is not just technical—it’s constitutional. A law that is so vague or overbroad that it allows the government to pick and choose whom to prosecute based on their speech, targets the very heart of press freedom. It is unconstitutionally vague under the Fifth Amendment and overbroad under the First. By failing to modernize the statute—or at least to interpret it in line with modern communication platforms—the government risks turning millions of journalists, researchers, and citizens into potential criminals. The law as it stands today is an anachronism of the analog era being misapplied in a digital one. If you are a journalist, you should be alarmed. If the DOJ’s current theory prevails, simply clicking “play” could one day lead to prosecution. The press cannot operate in an environment where the law punishes access to speech—particularly where that speech is both public and newsworthy. The press must not only report on this misuse of power, but challenge it—legally, politically, and publicly. Because the right to receive and report information is not just a constitutional luxury. It’s a democratic necessity. -- Mark Rasch MDRasch@gmail.com (301) 547-6925
May 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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aklingus.bsky.social
It's really funny how the recognized MLB hit king, Pete Rose, is an ugly goofus who spent his entire life being an unrepentant piece of shit, and the recognized actual hit king, Ichiro Suzuki, is at minimum a top 5 coolest person alive
May 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
busyragespiral.bsky.social
Can't wait for the competition for Mushroom Kingdom's DH spot against a giant gorilla who swings the bat with one arm.
pinstripealley.bsky.social Pinstripe Alley @pinstripealley.bsky.social · May 14
happy retirement king, best of luck on the Mushroom Kingdom gig
May 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
busyragespiral.bsky.social
The Speaker here seems to want young American men to be desperate and vulnerable either to getting arrested or getting enlisted.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 13
Mike Johnson: "Medicaid is intended, remember, as a safety net for young pregnant mothers and the elderly and disabled and vulnerable populations, not for young able-bodied men without dependents. Those are the kinds of people we're taking off the program."
May 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
people have been trying to find an explanation for 'a camel through the eye of a needle' that lets rich people off the hook since at least the early 5th century, probably earlier
janecoaston.bsky.social Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · May 12
Scripture is great because you can hear how Jesus has to tell the disciples the same thing over and over again and you think to yourself "how are they not getting it" and then you contemplate :: waves hands at general milieu::
carloshasanax.bsky.social Carlos Yu @carloshasanax.bsky.social · May 12
multipart thought that keeps on slipping out of my consciousness:

1) the seeming doltishness of Jesus's disciples in the New Testament is often assumed to be a rhetorical trope.

2) the collapse of media literacy to the point where new viewers do not understand old STAR TREK episodes are political.
May 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
busyragespiral.bsky.social
They're not scared of online leftists, they're scared of their right wing friends.
michaelhobbes.bsky.social Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · May 12
A lot of mainstream journalists think it's more important to stick it to the far-left SJWs on bluesky than it is to accurately convey the far-right assault on democracy coming from the government. It's an absolute sickness and a huge part of what got us here.
May 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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rincewind.run
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
It always embarrassed Samuel Vimes when civilians tried to speak to him in what they thought was “policeman.” If it came to that, he hated thinking of them as civilians. What was a policeman, if not a civilian with a uniform and a badge? But they tended to use the term these days as a way of describing people who were not policemen. It was a dangerous habit: once policemen stopped being civilians the only other thing they could be was soldiers.
May 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Rümeysa Öztürk has been freed!!
Tufts student detained by ICE in viral video is released, thanks supporters
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk was released from ICE detention on Friday, offering brief words of thanks to supporters gathered outside the Louisiana facility.
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
sorry everyone. didn't realize i was undermining the resistance by saying not to pointlessly get in trouble with the cops. i will let you all get back to planning guerrilla strikes on here
redlilrascal.bsky.s... @redlilrascal.bsky.so... Follow Back Guys, DO NOT be mean to SDP loyalists, this only emboldens the fascists to be mean to us workers! lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwich... • 1h *sighing, head in hands* don't send death threats to will stancil, guys May 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM & Everybody can reply • • • redlilrascal.bsky.social @redlilras...•13m Are Americans ever going to actually leave the phase where they think they can oppose fascism by saying it's bad? lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwi... • 10m posting on here is not fighting fascists you are arguing on your phone 口1 •• redlilrascal.bsky.s... Follow Back @redlilrascal.bsky.so. You're concerned with death threats to a moderate fascist while your country is being completely destroyed by actual fascists of which there is only one solution to defeat. Political power grows from the barrel of a gun. Social Democrats in the US are fundamentally not equipped to deal with this. May 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM •••
May 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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asterolsen.bsky.social
Not to be too pro technocrat, but it is astounding how much this country depended on the selflessness of like a few hundred thousand highly educated public servants who, for peanuts, made sure our food and medicine and environment etc were safe. And in return these servants were demonized.
bgrueskin.bsky.social Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · May 7
“When it comes to .. raw milk, I want to be free to form a relationship with a local farmer, look him in the eyes, pet his cow, and then decide if I feel safe to drink the milk from his farm.”

— Casey Means, Trump’s latest surgeon-general nominee.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump Picks a ‘MAHA’ Movement Leader for Surgeon General
The president said he would nominate Dr. Casey Means, a California doctor and wellness influencer, to be the next surgeon general.
www.wsj.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
busyragespiral.bsky.social
Right but this requires a sense of honesty on par with "Republicans by sneakers too" that Disney would rather not reckon with.
goldwagnathan.bsky.social Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · May 6
The retcon that the Clone troopers carried Order 66 because they had brain-control chips really strikes me as emblematic of why the Prequels fail:

This should be the story of the Jedi and Republic embracing an industrialized mass-murder machine out of expediency, and where that inevitably leads.
May 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
I have two sons, and I don't think I've ever seen messaging going "Don't be a boy" or "YOU'RE BAD."

Sure looks like that's in "I heard someone say that they heard..." territory, rather than actual direct experience.

Also worth noting, the main message from manosphere influencers is "YOU'RE BAD."
josholson.bsky.social Josh Olson @josholson.bsky.social · May 2
It's a brutal time for young men, and to be raising one. The primary message they now is get is "YOU'RE BAD" without any meaningful attempt to offer healthy pathways beyond "Don't be a boy."

Absolutely perfect time for right wing monsters to sweep in with shitty answers.
May 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
there are, in fact, a ton of positive role models for masculinity out there and if teenage boys choose the whiniest and most hate-filled versions that's at least somewhat on them
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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awfulannouncing.bsky.social
MLB world salutes ‘generational’ talent Sarah Langs on her birthday
One of the largest forces of positivity in the baseball world, if not the entire sports world, is MLB’s Sarah Langs. Langs is constantly using her platform to talk up baseball, ALS awareness, and more. But on Friday, it was the MLB world’s time to talk her up with a number of birthday salutes. Here Read more... The post MLB world salutes ‘generational’ talent Sarah Langs on her birthday appeared first on Awful Announcing.
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May 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
busyragespiral.bsky.social
"Do the churches next"

*Starts synagogues and mosques*

"wait"
frjonathanbish.bsky.social Fr Jonathan Bish @frjonathanbish.bsky.social · May 2
Depressing number of comments here saying ‘do the churches next,’ who don’t seem to realise that a) this administration is already pretty hostile to the ‘wrong sort’ of church and b) indulging in a vicious cycle of removing your ideological enemies’ charitable status helps no-one.
financialtimes.com Financial Times @financialtimes.com · May 2
Donald Trump says he will revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status

https://www.ft.com/content/444bcba0-a3b7-4a98-8986-7ad1b0ed8dfe
May 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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dannagal.bsky.social
Your regular reminder that NSF grants built the internet and helped the U.S. dominate tech.
May 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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wired.com
A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten, starved, and sexualized—sparking fears of a new Elsagate wave. www.wired.com/story/dozens...
Dozens of YouTube Channels Are Showing AI-Generated Cartoon Gore and Fetish Content
A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten, starved, and sexualized—sparking fears of a new Elsagate wave.
www.wired.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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mikespector.bsky.social
NEW: These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack. My latest with @nedmparker1.bsky.social @bypetereisler.bsky.social @lindasoreports.bsky.social @nateraymond.bsky.social
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack.
As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment. The intimidation campaign has strained judges and their relatives – and legal scholars fear it could have a chilling effect on the judiciary.
www.reuters.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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lindseyadler.bsky.social
Happy birthday to my exceptional friend, Sarah. open.substack.com/pub/lindseya...
Birthdays Are Important
Twice a day for two years, Sarah Langs drank a bitter, brown sludge-like concoction that she called “her potion” in the hopes that it would extend her life by at least a few weeks.
open.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM